Christian Smith explores the nature, appeal, and future of religion through critical realism and social theory.
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Christian Smith explores the nature, appeal, and future of religion through critical realism and social theory.
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"Drawing on the philosophy of critical realism and personalist social theory, Christian Smith answers key questions about the nature, powers, workings, appeal, and future of religion. He defines religion in a way that resolves myriad problems and ambiguities in past accounts, explains the kinds of causal influences religion exerts in the world, and examines the key cognitive process that makes religion possible. Smith explores why humans are religious in the first place--uniquely so as a species...
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Central focus on religion, its nature, appeal, and societal role.
Magic & witchcraft
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Occult / demonology
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Minor discussion of social and cultural aspects of religion.
Self-harm / suicide
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